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What snacks do you keep in your desk?


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What snacks do you keep at your desk?  I'm in need of a little variety.  I always keep small cans of flavoured tuna, caramel rice cakes, a fruit bar...  What do keep to satisfy your snacking needs?

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Here are some snacks I like:

  • extra-mini boxes of raisins (45 calories each)
  • fruit or veg that don't need to be refrigerated (apples, pears, carrots, etc)
  • dry cereal (i pre-portion it in baggies)
  • nuts or trail mix
  • pretzels
  • PB to spread on apples
  • granola bars
  • protein bars
Thats all i can think of for now...

  • Fruits,
  • salad,
  • eggs,
  • 72% Dark chocolate or Bitter Sweet chocolate
  • fage yogurt mixed with unsweetened cocoa in a tortilla


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I don't keep anything in my desk, because I'd be too tempted to eat it whenever I thought about it being there. I plan my meals and snacks in the morning, and bring only what I need for that day. I think having a snack stash involves some intuitive eating (being able to recognize when you are genuinely hungry and not just wanting food) and I just suck at that.

Snacks I bring are pretty diverse...usually whatever is available in my fridge; mostly a peice of fruit (bananas are a favorite), sometimes crackers and cheese if I have room for it in my calories, sometimes turkey pepperoni if my sodium isn't otherwise too high that day, sometimes an oatmeal mini muffin if I made some that week or some crispy minis or 10 raw almonds. About the only thing I don't ever snack on is veggies, because they are usually a big part of my meals and I just don't feel like more.

i keep these in my desk in my dorm: granola bars, instant oatmeal packets, bananas, apples, sometimes peanut butter.

i also keep string cheese, yogurt and vitamuffins/tops in my fridge and freezer.

Fiber One Bars-- Chocolate one!  so yummy and if you drink a glass of water with it - your full!  

 

 Two birds with one stone - so to speak  Yummy Chocolate craving fixed and fills me up.  9 grams of fiber!

- raisins

- almonds

- apples

- bananas

It can vary each week, but those are the main foods I keep in my desk.

Protein bars.

In the fridge- laughing cow cheese.

I like a lot of protein. Can you tell? Smile Gotta feed the guns.

I also have some 100 calorie pack cookie type things in case I feel a little low on blood sugar-happppens if I don't eat for more than about 4-5 hours, even though I don't have diabetes. Or just want a sweet. Rare though. I had a 6 pack, only ate 1 or two so far in the past 3-4 months.

90 calorie granola bar

gum (my addiction)

packets of diet 25 cal hot cocoa

activia light yogurt in the fridge

Carrots work best for me and I always keep those around.  It's the texture as well as the sweet, I think.

Apples, bananas,  grapes when I can find them cheap -  are favorites, too.

I'm also big on the Kashi bars, though I try to save those for special times, as they have about 140 calories a piece.

Celery is great for emergency back up - when I know I really ought not have any more calories but I'm dying to munch.

WATER!  A great big jug of water.  I try to gulp some down before I snack, to see if I'm really just thirsty not hungry, and after I snack, to make the food feel like more.

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